Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-02-18

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MY garden said q poor farmer not
Nv mice from Blunt, saved me from
ueo' anu Danger this year. 1t bought
my sugar, coffee, and aecessaries. NV
neets fed my COWS and improved nv
butter. Ny potatoes save NV aonr.
my cabbage and turnips oounteraot the
effect of compulsory pork eating and
even my chickens do better seryica he
cause thev have green food in winter,
. think my garden as important as nv
held. My hogs pay my taxes Inter.
est and my'cows help clothe nv wife
ana chlldren."--Blun Advocate.
NOW n then editors get iato a bad
passion and abuse each other. On such
occasions the English language is not
stfohg enough. Weak as it is to furn~
lsh g safety-valve fer their wrath. thew
manage, however. tc pen quaint ex-
p~resslons and form strong and curious
combinations. Down in Springfield,
~, Il German editor calls a rival "a
siiallow-brained, little, red-headed bug
IN Cincinnati a paper calls another "a
soit-shell crab Sheet and in Iowa an
editor is feelingly described az the
pork-eyed dude, whose knees were not
on speaking terms Verify the ameni-
ties of journalism are beautiful and
lovable."lEx. '.i /
John Harlan, Van Duran county. Ia..
asks the Prairie Farmer il there is any
foundation to the report that binding
Irvine is going to be higher the coming
season, and receives the following re-
ply:
I'VE are sorry TO say that it is true.
The prices of raw material have ad.
vanced heavily, and the Irvine has gone
up accordingly. Present prices of
Irvine to jobbers are 50 per cent higher
than last year. There is no reason to
expect any decline the coming season.
but q further advance is regarded as
Notwithstanding Farmer.
An old copy of the New York Tri-
bune has bseR r%essurrectcd containing
the following editorial, written by
Horace Greeley, a singularly susge.-
tive declaration in view of the develop
ments Of the years since elapsed: No
practical enforcement of the license
system will eve sensibly mitigate the
evils of incompetence. But let laws
lntls1 Sole forbid the sale Of alcoholic
beverages, and every youth is thereby
warned from the cradle that those bev-
erages are harmful and dangerous, and
that in drinking them he encourage.
the violation Of the laws of the land.
1t would command The respect of it.
MANY writers favor the distribution
Of the surplus o lying in the nation
vaults among the people Of states,
and yet these same would be public
b~enetactorS raise 81 great hue and cry
against paying out the nations money
in pensions, consistency thou art
\ jewel. Had not the veterans of to-
day responded TO the call Of their coun-
try in her hour Of need, where would
be now the same surplus that is so wor-
fying to those who are not glued to the
teat? Where, indeed, would be
The grandest republic on earth? The
money paid out in pensions is distri-
outed among veterans and the families
veterans in every state in the Union
and is put into circulation, and becomes
/, positive benefit not only to the pen
but to the tradesman, and thus
the channels Of trade the peo-
Die receive again the money hat they
,ay into the treasury in the shape OF
'evenue. But aside from all this, those
Who faced the enemy in defence of
heir country and suffered disabilities
are entitled to substatial recog-
aition at the hands of this generation
can never discharge the debt Of
gratitude We WV to the Old soldief."
Mitchell Republi can.
The following extract from a Wash.
nston SPECIAL to the Pioneer Press is
II interest to all. I'm the decision rem
lered by the secretary Of the interior.
the action of the commits
Toner OF the general land office cancel
ing the homestead entry Of Samuel
Wilde Of the southeast quarter, section
!. town 102, range SO, Mitchell, Oak.
and district. the principle is reiterated
hat a settler may, if necessity require
cave his land for stated periods for the
'urpose Of earning d livelihood, With
ut III any way injuring his rights.
The secretary IN deciding the case
pom the appeal Of Wilde says that he
links that Wilde showed good faith
all his movements, and that the com
Missioner OF the genera! land office
hould have given him the benefit OF
ma aviIanca in thia 1irnctiop If Il.